The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The latest high altitude weather balloon video making the rounds is from the father and son team of Luke and Max Geisshuhler of Brooklyn, NY. Their setup included a 19-inch helium balloon with a payload consisting of a camcorder, GPS enabled phone, and a couple of hand warmers inside a styrofoam container.
This beautifully unnerving model of a house was, amazingly, Mike Doyle‘s first MOC (My Own Creation) since he built as a child. Super impressive! Expect to see a lot more great work out of this guy. (Also, puts me in a mood for Halloween!)
The open source Video Game Shield from the Maker Shed allows you to create your own games, graphics, text, sound effects, music, and more on an Arduino! Make awesome black-and-white video games that you can play on your TV! It supports up to two Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controllers for an easy, and familiar, interface. Note: […]
Curious to find out what’s inside the new Apple TV 2G? The folks over at iFixit performed a teardown recently and found what makes the little set-top box tick.
Thanks to Google, I was reminded this morning that “The Flintstones” show is celebrating the 50-year mark today. I always see a Fred or Pebbles costume at Halloween every year, so I wondered if any other crafters were inspired by one of TV’s favorite cartoon families. From the looks of this photo from Etsy user […]
Flickr user gdafm saw my recent rebar bike post and sent us a link to these photos he took in Ampareas, Peru, of a pedal powered grain mill made in large part of welded rebar, including pedals and a rebar bike seat. [Thanks, gdaf!]
Why scratch out a game of naughts and crosses on the sidewalk when you can use a computer-controlled mill to carve a board and pieces out of solid billet aluminum and bronze? Thingiverse user hugomatic knows the answer to that question, whatever it may be.
